Window-screen.



No. 778,387. -.'PAT1S 1 TT1 :,DDEC.27,1904.

D. W. WADSWORTH.

WINDOW SCREEN. APPLICATION FILED JULY 2a, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 778,387. I'PAIEINTED DEC. 27, 1904. 1 w. WADSWORTH. WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLICATION FI LED JULY 2a, 1903'.

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PATENT I OFFICE.

DWIGHT W. WADSWORTH, OF FENNVILLE, MICHIGAN.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,387, dated December 27, 1904. Application filed.July28,1903. Serial No. 167,355.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LDWIGHT W. VVA sWoR'n-I, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Fennville, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window- Screens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window-screens, and particularly to those designed to auto matically close the space as the sash is elevatedv An object of the invention is to produce a screen having binding-strips attached ina novel manner and means for attaching th strips to the window-sash. I

Furthermore, an object of the invention is to produce a screen-roller and combined guide and brackets for the screen and roller.

Furthermore, an object of the invention is to provide a guard back of the roller to prevent insects from gaining, access under the roller and through the window, the said guard being'secured in novel seats formed by integral lugs on the guides. 7

Furthermore, an object of the invention is to produce a screen and its coacting parts which will possess advantages in points of efficiency and simplicity, proving at the same time strong and durable and comparatively in expensive to produce.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the details'of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describingthe invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a section view of the screen and window. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the combined guide and bracket- Fig. 3 illustrates a fragment of the screen and the binding strip for the screen.- 'Fig. 4: is a detail view showing an end of the roller and the means for applying the roller to its bracket with the roller of the spring under tension. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a guard to be applied to the upper sash. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the roller, a face-plate 3, secured to the end of the roller, a shaft 4:, journaled in the housing and having its outer end angular in crosssection to seat in a socket of abracket, a spring 5, encircling the shaft and having one end securedto the shaft, as at 6, and the other end secured to the housing, as at 7 The screen 8 is secured to the roller in any manner desired and is Wound thereon after the manner of a shade and roller.

A binding-strip 9. is provided for the outer end of'the screen and. is clamped on the screen. The binding-strip has buttonhole-slots 11, which are adapted to receive'the heads of the screws 12', said screws being attached to the lower sash-roll 13 of an ordinary window. The screws are, made preferably with flat heads, though their construction is not mate rial to the operation of the invention.

The combined brackets and guides each comprises a flat metallic plate out along the line 15 to permit the side 16 to fold or bend independently of the foot-section 17. The side 18 has an extension 19, "which is carried by the side when it is bent to form the guide, the said extension being bent up to form a seat 20 21, which is provided to prevent insects from passing under the roller and screen to the guarded inclosure. When the two sides are bent parallel, they form guides, and the footsection forms a bracket. The bracket or footsection for one side of the window is formed with a seat 22 to prevent rotation of the shaft 4:, and the other bracket has a hole to receive a-st'ud attached to the end of the roller similar to an ordinary shade-support, thus permitting the roller to rotate by means of the stud or bracket or the housing-shaft and bracket.

The guard 21 has its lower edge 22 bent around the wire 23, the said wire projecting to form a pivot for the guard. The sliding pin 24 is embraced by the edge of the guard at one end, the said lower edge being cut away to permit the head of the pin to slide. hen the parts 23 and 24 are inserted in the seats 20 of the brackets, the guard will lie in the position shown in Fig. l.

A guard is provided on the rail of the upper sash, and it comprises a binding strip 25, which carries a strip of material 26, the said strip of .material 26 being cut to form a series of yielding tongues, which lie against the glass of the lower sash when it is elevated. It is made yielding in order that the sash-rails may pass thereover as the sash is moved in the casing.

In adapting a roller under tension to the screen of this character the detents usually employed in spring shade-rollers are omitted. In order that the roller of this invention may be applied to the brackets with the spring under tension, I provide a wrench 27, which has its end fitted on the end of the shaft which projects from the end of the roller, and said wrench is turned a sufiicient number of times to produce the desired tension on the spring, after which the wrench is brought into engagement with the stud 28 on the face-plate 3 of the roller. The tension of the springs serves to retain the wrench in the position shown in Fig. 4. It will be observed that when the end of the shaft is brought to aline with the seat 22 and as the end of the shaft is depressed into the seat the wrench is pushed from engagement with the shaft.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a window, ascreen connected to and movable with a sash, two

pieces of metal, each bent to form a guide, bracket and seat at the bottom thereof, on the frame, a roller mounted in the brackets, to which one end of the screen is secured, a guard having its lower edge curved to form pinretaining members, a pin attached to one mem ber and a second pin slidable in the other member, said pins resting in the seats, the said guard extending up and resting in the seats, the said guard extending up and resting against the screen, said guard being movable with relation to the diameter of the roll of screen material on the roller, a bindingstrip on the bottom of the remaining sash, and a strip of material carried by said strip, the said strip of material having its free edge cut to form tongues, said tongues being adapted to bear yieldingly against the glass of the first sash.

2. In a wire screen for windows, two pieces of metal, each bent to form a guide, bracket and seat, the said seats being at the lower ed go and inside of the brackets, a roller mounted in the brackets, a guard having its lower edge curved to form pin-retaining members and a pin attached in one member and a second pin slidable in the other member, said pins resting in the seats, the said guard extending up and resting against the screen, the said guard being movable with relation to the diameter of the roll of screen material on the roller, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 12th day of June, 1903.

DlVIGHT \V. \VADSVORIITII.

WVitnesses;

L. S. DICKINSON, GI-IAs. A. DICKINSON. 

